The R2 Standard is the leading certification for electronics repair and reuse. As the housing body for R2, SERI maintains the R2 Standard, related documentation, guidance, and facilitates its ongoing development.

SERI works with partners throughout the lifecycle of electronic products to ensure that they are managed responsibly. SERI's programs focus on education, outreach, safety, and international development.

SERI offers a variety of educational and training opportunities for recyclers, as well as opportunities for auditors and consultants. These trainings focus on implementing the R2 Standard, realizing a return on the investment in certification, discussing relevant issues or challenges related to recycling practices, and other topics.

Downstream Vendor Audit Times

May. 31, 2016

One of the ways in which the R2 Certification program exercises oversight and quality control of the auditing process is by specifying the amount of time Certification Bodies (CBs) must add for reviewing a recycler’s downstream recycling chain. The time requirements, which are found in the R2 Code of Practices (Section V.C.3), are based on the number of downstream vendors, complexity and whether the downstream vendors are R2 Certified. The R2 Code of Practices requires that all tiers of downstream vendors be included in the total time calculation, however, less audit time is required for R2 Certified downstream vendors. Recyclers can control the time and cost of reviewing their recycling chain by employing fewer downstream vendors.

The R2 Standard is the leading certification for electronics repair and reuse. As the housing body for R2, SERI maintains the R2 Standard, related documentation, guidance, and facilitates its ongoing development.

SERI works with partners throughout the lifecycle of electronic products to ensure that they are managed responsibly. SERI's programs focus on education, outreach, safety, and international development.

SERI offers a variety of educational and training opportunities for recyclers, as well as opportunities for auditors and consultants. These trainings focus on implementing the R2 Standard, realizing a return on the investment in certification, discussing relevant issues or challenges related to recycling practices, and other topics.